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English: D
daughter
female child Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English daughter
English and Gothic have a plain d where Greek has th, for the old breathy dh lost its breath in Germanic. The gh in daughter was once a rough sound, still heard in German Tochter.
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do
perform, carry out Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English do
The old breathy dh became d in English, t in German (tun) and th in Greek (tithēmi). Sanskrit kept dh.
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door
movable panel closing an entrance Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English door
The old breathy dh became d in English and Gothic, f in Latin and th in Greek. Latin forēs is plural, "the doors."
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